Zhang Yunfei, who received the telegram, immediately sent a telegram to the cavalry regiment maneuvering on the periphery, asking the cavalry regiment to pay attention to the little devils who escaped from the city, but because it was night, as for whether he could intercept Yoshio Otsuka and others who had escaped, Zhang Yunfei himself did not know, and it depended largely on luck.

A few hours later, the night gradually faded, the east revealed the white of the fish's belly, Zhang Yunfei had not slept all night, but he still looked energetic, and the division commander Liu next to him, although he took a nap in the command headquarters in the middle of the night, but he could still see the lack of sleep in his eyes, in order to refresh himself, Master Liu took out his own cigarette, lit one, and smoked beautifully. Before smoking, he also signaled Zhang Yunfei if he wanted to have one, but Zhang Yunfei, who was born in special forces, does not smoke.

Division Commander Liu slowly finished his cigarette, and the sky was bright, Zhang Yunfei and Division Commander Liu walked out of the command headquarters, took the telescope and observed the Taiyuan City in front of them.

The current Taiyuan City, because it has just been baptized by artillery fire, seems to be full of ruins and broken walls, and there are a few places in the city that are emitting black smoke, but the gunfire in the city has been much less, and the little devils in the city have basically been cleared, and there are only a few places where there are still residual little devils, but the number of people is not much.

Seeing that the battle was basically over, Zhang Yunfei immediately ordered the cooking squad to prepare a hot breakfast and send it into the city for the soldiers to eat, and now the soldiers have not slept all night and have not eaten for more than ten hours.

Zhang Yunfei wanted the soldiers to eat as soon as possible, because the 1st Brigade of the Little Devil Infantry from Pingyao to the north to support Taiyuan was less than two hours away from here, according to the forward observation post......

Shouyang, the position of the Jin Sui army.

The tragic battle has been going on for a night, and the 60,000 Jin Sui troops have already converged and fought fiercely with more than 20,000 people of the 10th Division of the little devil for a night.

Relying on the geographical advantage and numerical advantage, the Jin Sui army successfully blocked more than 20,000 little devils, and the little devils paid the price of thousands of casualties before advancing one or two kilometers.

On the slopes on both sides of the Jin Sui army, there are large pits with a diameter of several meters everywhere, these are blown up by the shells fired by the mountain artillery wing of the little devils, and a large part of the Jin Sui army died under the bombardment of the little devils' shells, but fortunately, the position has always been in the hands of the Jin Sui army.

Under the hillside, there are a large number of corpses of little devils lying horizontally, and they can't be seen when it's dark at night, but now that it's dawn, you can see very clearly, many of these little devils were killed by grenades thrown down from the hillside, which looks miserable.

On the high slope of the mountain, the two commanders of the Jin Sui army were also full of solemnity, and both sides suffered heavy casualties in a night of fierce fighting, this group of little devils seemed to have received a death order, and they were in a hurry to break through the defense line of the Jin Sui army, and they launched attacks again and again without fear of death.

At this time, a major staff officer of the Jin Sui Army walked quickly to the two army commanders with a folder, and reported loudly: "Commander Yan has telegraphed that Zhang Yunfei's troops have broken through Taiyuan City, and now the remnants of the enemy in Taiyuan City have been basically wiped out. ”

"Okay, this Zhang Yunfei is really amazing, he recovered Taiyuan City in one night." One of the commanders of the Jin Sui Army said with emotion.

"In addition, Commander Yan also telegraphed and ordered us to send a force to Taiyuan to receive the equipment of the little devils." The major staff officer said again.

The headquarters of the 10th Division of the little devil opposite.

Ryosuke Isotani, the commander of the Little Devil's Division, had just received an urgent telegram from the North China side, saying that Taiyuan City had been occupied by the Eighth Road, and that several hundred people under the command led by Yoshio Kozuka had withdrawn from Taiyuan City and were currently heading south to meet up with the First Brigade.

In the telegram, Commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ninji, also said that he had ordered the 1st Infantry Brigade to march eastward and prepare to cross the vast Taihang Mountains and return to North China. The 10th Division, together with the 16th Division, which was about to arrive, broke through the defense line of the Jin Sui Army within eight hours at all costs, marched west to meet the 1st Infantry Brigade, and then returned to North China together.

The 10th Regiment, which did not take advantage of a little advantage, under the command of the division commander Isoya Ryosuke, began to organize troops to attack again, and not long after, the 16th Division of the little devils who came later, together with the 10th Division, 30,000 or 40,000 little devils launched a crazy attack on the position of the Jin Sui army.

Several senior commanders of the Jin Sui Army who were watching the battle at the mountain headquarters also looked awe-inspiring when they saw the little devil starting to attack like crazy, and a Jin Sui army division commander was so anxious that he said loudly: "Military seat, let's let go of the intersection, the casualties of the brothers are too great if it goes on like this." ”

The two commanders of the Jin Sui Army, one of them had a gloomy face and didn't say a word, and the other immediately said sharply: "Shut up for me, it was Commander Yan who gave me a death order to block the little devil's reinforcements, and we must stop the little devil here for forty-eight hours." ”

Seeing his commander's stern face, the division commander had no choice but to sigh, return to the command headquarters, pick up the phone to inform his troops, and stop the little devil from advancing at all costs......

At eight o'clock in the morning, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Yunfei and Division Commander Liu were waiting for news from the front in the headquarters, the first infantry brigade of the little devils had not yet arrived, and the forward observation post responsible for monitoring the movements of the first infantry brigade of the little devils had not yet heard news.

Just as everyone was anxiously waiting, the latest news finally came from the front, the first infantry brigade of the little devil had changed the direction of the march, not towards Taiyuan, but changed the direction and went east.

Oh no, the little devil is ready to slip away.

Zhang Yunfei hurriedly walked to the map of the headquarters, took a pencil and began to draw on the map, drawing the possible escape route of the little devil.

Seeing the route drawn by Zhang Yunfei, Master Liu immediately said: "The little ghost seems to be preparing to cross the Taihang Mountains on foot, according to the route drawn by the elder brother, the little devil first entered the defense area of Xie Baoguo of the Reading Force." ”

"Oh, that's great, can you let Xie Baoguo's reading group block the little devil for three hours, as long as it takes three hours, we can catch up with the little devil."

"Yes, I'll give the Reading Force an order right away." After speaking, Division Commander Liu walked to the communication room of the headquarters, where several radio stations were busy, and there was a tick-tock sound everywhere.

Since the last time Zhang Yunfei led Xie Baoguo and led the Reading Force Regiment to ambush Xiangyue Qingji on Zhengtai Road, the current Reading Force Regiment can be said to be strong and strong, relying on the weapons and ammunition captured last time, the troops have grown to three or four thousand people, and each battalion is also equipped with an enviable radio station.

Seeing that Division Commander Liu had gone to the communication room in person, Zhang Yunfei also immediately said to a correspondent next to him: "Hurry up and send a report to the cavalry regiment, stop searching for Yoshio Kozuka, and immediately gather troops to pursue the 1st Brigade of the Little Devil Infantry that fled east." ”

Zhang Yunfei believes that as long as the first brigade of the little devil's sub-infantry is eliminated, there will be no more large forces of little devils near Taiyuan, and Yoshio Kozuka will be found sooner or later, so the top priority at present is to quickly intercept and eliminate the first brigade of the little devil's infantry who fled eastward.

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